Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-01-25

A strain Of H.mble,oni.n blood that
i, getting 10 be quite popular in some
part. OF ,h. County IL ihA, coming
through Daniel Boone. son OF Ry'dle
H.mble,onian. Daniel Boone stool for
two or ,hre. seasons At Canton. IN charge
Of the well.kno~n horsemsn ID. VI. fo.-
ter. The stations dam was a mare OF
Canadian stock. and "a, sued by horse
called Bel.ir. Of unknovn breeding she
proved hsrelf to be ~ondsrfal brood
mare nevertheless. Coz besides producing
Daniel Boone, whose record Is 1881 and
trial 2.26. she produced Bruno And Bfu'
ne,,e. tha, tro,ied trial double in 2;2o'
!: Young Bruno. 2;2?i; Breeze, 2;2i !;
and Jack Arekol. 2:29. siill Ano'her'-
Bona Eide. has no record bat !, tro,'
ter. All Of these were by hysdyn
Hamble,oni.n, aud IL shows Daniel
Boone TO have sprung from the very be',
speed producing blood. on both 'ide', ani
give. him the rish, TO be the sire OF
,ro,,er. himself lie has exercised that
rish, with good success since coming 10
Maine. Before coming to this State be
va. used a. road horse. aud no, KEEP,
for stock purposes, aud he is'aid to have
stood ia the from, rank as roadster.
Since coming TO Maine Daniel Boone
has sired Susie Owen. 2:?6 aud Nellie
". 2:2si; and while standing At Can.
ton he 90, the grey mare Eleho, 2:oS'
(which /. no measure OF her speed the
stallion c. S. z. tha, has shown himself
able TO bea, $40; also the young stall
lion owned by Robin.On Dean. OF Buck
field, which has shown q trial over the
Hebron track inside Of 1855. There are
many more promising young horses oy
him whose names do no, recall. one OF
which, a full sister to Eleho. that hbe-
ing handled by NJ. c. Delano, OF Can
ton, is ,Aid TO be very fine and speedy
mare. Several OF the sons OF Daniel
Boone have been kept as stations aud
will be mentioned 10 due time.
Daniel Boone IL dark brown stallion,
standing fifteen hands high, and weigh.
lug 1000 pounds. He bears but little
resemblance to the HAmbletonians In
looks, and evidently inherited his size
and shape from his dam and although
his colts are no, 50 rangy and clean cut
a. some other strains Of Hambls,onian',
they are uniformly strong limbed, ner.
Wy horses. with good action and plenty
OF speed.
During the pas, week four horses heve
been sold in Maine to outside parties TOT
$4,000 cash. One Of these was the well
known uo,,er. Plumed knight. 2:323'
20, by Mike Logan. con Of Jules Jergsn.
aon. by Gen. Knox. Another one Was
Surprise, 2.2si. 20, by Grey Dan. con
Of Gideon. The other two were ,hrre.
year.olds, both 70. by Olympus. son oi
Almon, one bringing $1,000. and the
other $500.
Olympus, many horse men think. has
no superior In Maine n q sire OF speed,
size and beauty combined. Hon. 0eorgs
| d. Bisbee, Of Buekfeld. has . yesflina
stallion 20, by him that Is an elegant
looking colt. Of which We shall speak
again after taking another look at him.
Young Rolfe. 2:2lt. sire Of Nslson'
three -year-old record 2:26a. Was FUR
chased by Mr.. G. II. Nelson for $3.50
when . yearling. without seeing him.
and when he went 10 get him, he was 'c
poor and lousy ,hs, be offered to sell him
for s75, but after he had subdued The
vsrmin and the colt commenced to gain
he always claimed that be ~oald uos Ia
2:2O. lie lsf. about forty foals. many
Of which are proving fast. His earl,
death vas caused BY the bursting OF
blood vessel while ro,iing . race q
Mystic Park. MA1'